Category Archives: Ukraine Quarterly Digest

BY ANDRIAN PROKIP The end of 2017 saw some important and long-awaited changes in Ukraine, including the passage of legislation to reform the judiciary, the pension system, and the health care system—all steps greeted positively by the IMF and World Bank. Agreements with the United States to assist with Ukraine’s cybersecurity efforts and defensive needs […]

BY ANDRIAN PROKIP In the second part of 2017 calm generally prevailed in Ukraine in the foreign policy arena, with some light turbulence. The new law on education caused tension and discussion both inside Ukraine and among neighboring states. Though Ukraine-Western relations exhibited positive, even critical advances, especially in U.S.-Ukraine relations, Ukraine’s internal politics experienced […]

BY ANDRIAN PROKIP The second quarter of 2017 was rather quiet in Ukraine: good news prevailed over bad. Ukrainians obtained the long-awaited visa-free regime with the most of the EU member states, Kyiv successfully hosted the European song competition Eurovision, and the International Monetary Fund agreed to provide another loan tranche. However, little progress was […]

Experts from Ukraine’s Institute for Social and Economics Research (ISER) contributed to this Digest. Please scroll to the bottom of the piece to see the names of all contributors. Table of Contents FOREIGN AFFAIRS PULSE Top Foreign Policy Vectors Credit Tranch of the IMF Russian Debt in Court Naftogaz and Gazprom Gas Integration with the […]